The Virtual Librarian

enero 27, 2008 a las 8:32 pm · Archivado en Libro, Referencia, Referencia Virtual

Ok…la emoción me embarga…en serio…(esto dicho con firmeza) jejejeje…transcribo literal…perdonen el «spanglish» pero es que quiero colocarlo completito tal y como lo ví en Theodore Rockwell: Writings.

THE VIRTUAL LIBRARIAN: A Tale of Alternative Realities
iUniverse Speculative Science Novel

Information technologist Keith Robertson keeps reminding himself that Lib is not a real person; she’s a virtual librarian—software, nothing more. But her software is evolutionary, designed to keep improving itself as it learns. So she is outgrowing her creators and developing a mind of her own. Keith’s whole future, including his job and his marriage, depends on Lib. And Lib is out of control.
Their story pulls the reader into amazing, little-known worlds with intriguing ideas and people, including research engineers, information technologists, mind analysts, and professional psychics, all drawn from the author’s personal experience.
Keith learns about laboratories that scientifically test people who claim they can influence computers from afar, by mental effort alone. He wonders if psychic saboteurs might account for Lib’s erratic behavior. He assembles five widely different professional psychics to test that theory. But the problem isn’t that simple.
We meet an expert on complexity, who explains what happens when you try to control a complex, evolutionary system from outside. But he offers no fix for the problem.
The outcome is unexpected but satisfying, leaving the reader to ponder some of the problems and possibilities humanity faces as machines develop minds of their own.

Jacket Blurbs:
A delight to read. A fascinating journey where both the scientist and the mystic in us can feel at home. The reader is treated to a rich and colorful portrait of the leading edges of science, alternative realities and virtual internet worlds—territory we have yet to fully traverse.
— Howard Zimmerman, Past President of the American Society for Psychical Research, former Executive Secretary of the Parapsychological Association and Senior Staffer to the U.S. Surgeon-General (1967-88).
The Virtual Librarian is a page-turner as well as an absorbing introduction to the mysteries of the virtual world. The narrative, upheld by references to actual research, reveals that what we assume to be “reality” is not as solid as we might imagine, while what we designate as “virtual” may in fact be far more real—and certainly more influential–than we might expect.
–Gwyneth Cravens, popular novelist and author of «Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy.»
Expand your concept of a “real friend” and read Rockwell’s astonishing book.
— Bill Sweet, former President of Spindrift Research, and author of «A Journey Into Prayer: Pioneers of Prayer in the Laboratory.»
In this creative volume, Ted Rockwell has combined the requisite pragmatics of human mastery of advanced information technologies with their relentlessly cascading diversity
— Robert Lee Chartrand, Senior Specialist in Information Policy & Technology for Congress and the White House, and Editor of «Critical Issues in the Information Age.»
The «Virtual Librarian» presents unusual and startling ideas based on the author’s own experience, that will interest all readers and invoke much thought.
–John F. Brinster, Scientist, inventor, entrepreneur. Author of «The Abduction» and other books on science and religion.

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